Brazil’s attorney general said the country’s judiciary will look into whether former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took part in a cash-for- votes scheme that toppled several of his closest aides. Throughout the investigation, da Silva has denied wrongdoing. More here. (Bloomberg, Economist)

Bangladeshi authorities are accusing a former senior executive at SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. of conspiring to bribe government officials. The allegations come only days after he left the company. An SNC spokeswoman said none of the people named in the Bangladeshi report work at the company and that it is cooperating with the authorities. The former executive, who hasn’t been accused of wrongdoing in Canada, couldn’t be reached. (Globe and Mail)

A survey conducted by Deloitte asked 1,200 professionals working in audit, compliance, legal, accounting, and finance positions about whether their employer will be making any changes to their compliance programs. (Corporate Counsel)

The FCPA Blog considers a link between gold and graft, summarizes Brazil’s gift-giving rules and counts down the top-five Chinese corruption scandals involving mistresses. Mike Volkov continues his series on internal investigations. The FCPAProfessor celebrates the 35th anniversary of the FCPA being signed into law and talks about the law in a video. Tom Fox thinks the Justice Department considers the chief compliance officer as a co-equal to the general counsel.

Money Laundering:

A former partner at Winston & Strawn who laundered more than $18 million for a convicted Ponzi schemer won’t serve any jail time. (Global Legal Report)

More coverage of the Sanofi US settlement is here. (Corporate Crime Reporter)

General Anti-Corruption:

Three Swiss bankers accused of conspiring with American clients to hide more than $420 million from the tax-collecting U.S. Internal Revenue Service were indicted. They didn’t appear to be contacted. (Reuters)

A federal court judge approved a settlement that will require Amgen Inc. to pay $762 million to resolve allegations that it promoted its anemia drug for off-label use, and offered kickbacks and helped defraud Medicare and Medicaid. (Dow Jones Newswires)

German prosecutors charged former Porsche SE Chief Executive Wendelin Wiedeking and his former finance chief with market manipulation related to the purchase of Volkswagen shares. Their lawyers denied wrongdoing by their clients. (Reuters)

A chart shows how corruption in Afghanistan continues, this time relating to the country’s electrical grid. (Mother Jones)

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